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Man Arrested for Creating a Facebook Group in Croatia
Man Arrested for Creating a Facebook Group in Croatia
Do you remember the Facebook group “ I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who dislike George Bush! “? The group easily attracted more than a million people with Facebook members joining willingly and spreading the group’s popularity virally to all their friends. It all looked ...
Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web
Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web
nytimes.com — With Facebook Connect, users can log onto a variety of sites and see their friends’ activities there.... > (more) Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web
Nokia N97: the ultimate Facebook device
scobleizer.com — Nokia just announced the N97. I got a chance to play with it last night and realized... they have built the ultimate Facebook device. Now, I’m sure, lots of you will wonder how it compares to the iPhone. Well, for a Facebook user it isn’t ... (more) Nokia N97: the ultimate Facebook device
 NYT sees success in Facebook push  »  Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism
NYT sees success in Facebook push » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future ...
niemanlab.org — The New York Times is happy to be your Facebook friend. An internal memo yesterday from Times... president Scott Heekin-Canedy touted the newspaper’s “successful” advertising campaign on Facebook in the days following the presidential election. Members ... (more) NYT sees success in Facebook push » Nieman ...
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Croatian Facebook Group Results in Arrest
All Facebook — ... ” has already surpassed its target size. I doubt Klecak will be updating the title of the group anytime soon though as Svetlana Gladkova reports that he has since been arrested. Prime Minister Sanader has been under extreme pressure as a direct result of the global financial crisis. According to Gladkova, he has even stated “publicly that he would not allow the wages in the country to grow.” ...

Croatian arrested for creating pointless Facebook Group
Tech Digest — ... was released after a lack of evidence that he'd actually done anything illegal, but social networks and local media outlets all labelled his Facebook group as the reason. There's now a group on the site called "Break into my place, you Gestapo wannabes. Croatia isn't a police state!". It makes me glad to live in England. Our government wouldn't randomly arrest members of the opposing political party, just because they're saying things they don't like. Oh... wait... (via Profy) Related posts: Idiotic juror asks her Facebook friends to vote ...

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